{"product_id":"lacan-on-madness-madness-yes-you-cant-9780415736169","title":"Lacan on Madness: Madness, Yes You Can't","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis new collection of essays by distinguished international scholars and clinicians will revolutionize your understanding of madness. Essential for those on both sides of the couch eager to make sense of the plethora of theories about madness available today, \u003ci\u003eLacan on Madness: Madness, Yes You Can't \u003c\/i\u003eprovides compelling and original perspectives following the work of Jacques Lacan.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePatricia Gherovici and Manya Steinkoler suggest new ways of working with phenomena often considered impermeable to clinical intervention or discarded as meaningless. This book offers a fresh view on a wide variety of manifestations and presentations of madness, featuring clinical case studies, new theoretical developments in psychosis, and critical appraisal of artistic expressions of insanity.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eLacan on Madness\u003c\/i\u003e uncovers the logics of insanity while opening new possibilities of treatment and cure. Intervening in current debates about normalcy and pathology, causation and prognosis, the authors propose effective modalities of treatment, and challenge popular ideas of what constitutes a cure offering a reassessment of the positive and creative potential of madness. Gherovici and Steinkoler's book makes Lacanian ideas accessible by showing how they are both clinically and critically useful. It is invaluable reading for psychoanalysts, clinicians, academics, graduate students, and lay persons.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Patricia Gherovici\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Routledge\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/01\/2015\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 286\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.90lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.60d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780415736169\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePatricia Gherovici\u003c\/strong\u003e is a psychoanalyst and analytic supervisor. Her books include \u003cem\u003eThe Puerto Rican Syndrome\u003c\/em\u003e (Other Press, 2003) winner of the Gradiva Award and the Boyer Prize, and \u003ci\u003ePlease Select Your Gender: From the Invention of Hysteria to the Democratizing of Transgenderism \u003c\/i\u003e(Routledge, 2010). \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eManya Steinkoler \u003c\/strong\u003eis a psychoanalyst in formation at Après-Coup New York and a professor in the Department of English at Borough of Manhattan Community College.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Routledge","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45511606763635,"sku":"9780415736169","price":109.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/files\/img_9345f8c0-a264-485b-80dc-69f883281e7d.jpg?v=1789644430","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/en-de\/products\/lacan-on-madness-madness-yes-you-cant-9780415736169","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}